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The Closing of Jesus

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements i saw jesus break dancing on a corner in west oakland right before the banks came to steal black folks homes he must have been a warning he was beautiful homeless funky dust flying from his dreads as … Continue reading →

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the way we walk

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements the story is being written madness majick and infamy spilling off the page too heavy to carry we tip over under the weight that rides dead center inside keeping us off balance stumbling up hill sometimes you got to … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick House Collection, North American African Perspective | Tagged ayodele wordslanger nzinga, black arts, invisible conversations, narratives of belonging, North American African Perspective, warrior art | Leave a comment

skywriter

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements sometimes you look at your feet you think where you done walked you remember the holes you fell in the times you were underwater before you learned to swim you forget you are walking that the dirt remembers you … Continue reading →

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she who holds up the sky

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements holding up the sky is dangerous business but someone has to how will the sun set where will the moon rise if the sky falls she who holds the sky above her arms extended neck craned to make … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Arts, Brick House Collection, North American African Perspective, Uncategorized | Tagged ayodele wordslanger nzinga, black arts, narrative poetry, warrior art | 3 Comments

rusty bucket promises

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements some days seem like the best I ever had is a rusty bucket half full of water with a hole in it on good days I remember to be grateful for the bucket be joy filled that when … Continue reading →

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promise

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements hands raw from work dedicated to writing their future carving a space for tomorrow to stand with rusted teaspoons in a land of bulldozers tenderly caressing the unborn future seeding it with possible in winters that refuse to end … Continue reading →

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wind walker

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements the wind at your back wraps your coat around you pushes you forward or lays you low the wind is ever at your back it will not rest so you can not time running behind the wind spilling away … Continue reading →

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Hunger

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements The Babalowo said: if your grandfather is a hustler the son will be a businessman the grandson will be a beggar. I am the hunger refusing to beg on the road I build roads to other places my … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Bars: Growing Home

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements June 19, 2015 2781 Telegraph Oakland CA 94612 6:00-8:00 PM – FREE Beyond the Bars: Growing Home is a dramatic stage reading derived from the stories of Green Life participants who are formerly incarcerated and re-entering Bay Area communities. … Continue reading →

Posted in artist scholar, arts scholarship, Performance work | Tagged Arts, ayo nzinga, black arts, genocide, identity, incarceration | Leave a comment

come dancing

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements come dancing with me lets dress up lets step out late lets shimmy grind shake stay out all night tell them to pour us a double shot of life bottoms up like we are alive cuz life is short & … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged #ayodelenzinga, #poetry, black arts | Leave a comment

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